Should I cool Everything or just cpu?

[raventy]

I was thinking about watercoolign my CPU, hard Drives, Bideo Card, and Mobo Chipset but, Is it worth it to cool them all? Also when cooling them all will my cpu temp rise alot or what? Because my main objective is to get my cpu realy cool.

[CrystalMethod]

I'd cool the main things, like CPU, video, and MB chipset. That should lower the temps inside your case to the point where proper airflow is enough to cool the rest of the components. But if you manage to cool everything and still keep your CPU really cool, you get extra brownie points. :D

[SkiFletch]

yeah, cpu video and mb chipset are the easy ones. most people dont cool hdds cause its not easy, and any commercial solution available is pricey.... not to mention the fact that its not entirely necessary

[GTA]

Watercooling HDD's is pretty easy, did mine with a waterblock I made by flattening pipe into plates and soldering more pipe onto that.

Cooled 2 HDD's from 47 degrees to 38.

Had to do it after I watercooled my PSU and got rid of all case fans.

Only need to do it if you've got literally no airflow at all to be honest.

Fanless systems are really sweet, a pleasure to work with, no irritating buzzing noise to put you off your music :D

[Gandalf]

Originally posted by GTA
Watercooling HDD's is pretty easy, did mine with a waterblock I made by flattening pipe into plates and soldering more pipe onto that.

Cooled 2 HDD's from 47 degrees to 38.

Had to do it after I watercooled my PSU and got rid of all case fans.

Only need to do it if you've got literally no airflow at all to be honest.

Fanless systems are really sweet, a pleasure to work with, no irritating buzzing noise to put you off your music :D

This is exactly what I want to do!

I'll have to get in contact with you to figure out how I can do it! :D

[Illah]

I don't understand the point of cooling hard drives. I mean, I know you shouldn't let them roast but watercooling them?

--Illah

[DDaudio19]

I say if the HDD isn't causing you a problem forget about cooling them. if they start doing funky things then you can think about coolign them.

[LinuxGURU]

The hard drive is fine without any cooling whatsoever. If anything you can stick one of those cheap fan heatsink type thigs on the HDD and cool it like that but it's useless anyway.

[Cheng]

how did you do your PSU?

[GTA]

The main point of watercooling HDD's is that then you can seriously pad them, to reduce the noise they make.

After I got rid of all my fans, they were making the most noise in my case, so I watercooled them, and padded them in a box with carpet tiles, a big beach towel, and lots of tape.

Can't hear them any more, even when they're accessing.

To do my PSU, I made a waterblock, and screwed it to the top of the heatsinks that are attached to the MOSFETs, with some arctic silver in between the block and the heatsinks.

Simple, but effective. Havn't had a problem with the heat. There's a couple of people around who've done it better, and a lot more efficiently, but I didn't fancy desoldering the mosfet and extending the wires to attach them directly to the waterblock.

They don't seem to need THAT much cooling, and they're probably at about 50-60 degrees. Its only a cheap macron PSU, so when I get a new one, I'll do a better job on it, but for now, it runs fine 24/7.

[raventy]

hhmm well koolance offers a hd waterblock which seems efective for 20 bucks, but how much will the water temp rise? I mean like if my cpu is gonna be like 3C or more higher than screw it. ;)